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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/world/middleeast/anonymous-sudan-cyberattack-indictment.html
Oct. 7 Cyberattack Briefly Disabled Warning System in Israel
(New York Times) Michael Schwirtz - The U.S. Justice Department has accused two Sudanese brothers of cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure as well as preventing lifesaving alerts from reaching Israelis on Oct. 7. On Oct. 7, Ahmed Omer, a Sudanese man, mounted a long-distance cyberassault on the online early warning systems used in Israel to alert citizens to danger, briefly disabling them. Ahmed and his brother, Alaa, were indicted last week for running a group called Anonymous Sudan, which for a year launched as many as 35,000 cyberassaults that disrupted websites belonging to government agencies, including the FBI and Justice Department, and to news agencies, such as the Washington Post, CNN, and the Jerusalem Post. ; Hospitals were attacked including Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. Attacks also occurred in Denmark, France and Sweden. The brothers have been arrested and are in custody in an unspecified country. They have been interrogated by the FBI.